'Michael Collins' | 1996

Neeson played another real-life historical figure in his next film, the Irish revolutionary Michael Collins. The film by writer-director Neil Jordan became the highest-grossing movie ever in Ireland, a mark that has since been topped only by "Titanic."

Neeson played another real-life historical figure in his next film, the Irish revolutionary Michael Collins. The film by writer-director Neil Jordan became the highest-grossing movie ever in Ireland, a mark that has since been topped only by "Titanic." (Geffen Pictures)

Neeson played another real-life historical figure in his next film, the Irish revolutionary Michael Collins. The film by writer-director Neil Jordan became the highest-grossing movie ever in Ireland, a mark that has since been topped only by "Titanic."Geffen Pictures